as in vomiting
to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth
the drunken reveler staggered out the door and promptly puked in the bushes
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Recent Examples of puking
Annabelle wants souls, demons possess you by puking into your mouth, and no powers of darkness are stronger than the love between spooky mom and dad, Ed and Lorraine Warren.
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Emily Palmer Heller, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Emily Palmer Heller, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for puking
vomiting
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According to the Cleveland Clinic, HG involves severe nausea and vomiting during pregnancy.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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Actually, Alma does suffer from ulcers, which cause her extraordinary stomach pain and vomiting at inconvenient moments, and cause viewers to wonder not if but when such clumsy symbolic traits will be trotted out in the future.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Puking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puking. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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